Rail-joint.



H. W. RYDER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MARQL 1014.

1,1 80,200 a d Mar. 2, 1915.

HERMIT \V. RYDER, OF MOUNTAIN GROVE, VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed March 21, 1914. Serial No. 826,318.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HnnMrr W. RYDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mountain Grove, in the county of Bath and State of Virginia,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rail-Joints, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints in which the primary object is toeliminate the use of boltsffish-plates, etc., for securing the proximateends of the rails.

Another object of the invention resides in the peculiar formation of themeeting ends of the rails by which one serves as a brace for the otherwhereby lateral displacement of the rails is prevented.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railembodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on theline 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail ends,and

Fig. l 1s a perspective view of the opposite end showing to advantagethe end which engages with the rail shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of thisinvention, a pair of rails 5 and 6 are provided, the former of which hasportions of the web cut out as indicated'at 7 and shown to advantage inFig. 3, spaced parallel longitudinally extending arms 8 being providedby extending a portion of the web subjacent the cut-out portion 7 andintegrally forming the same with the base flange 9. The portions 10 ofthe inner terminals of the cut-out portions 7 form shoulders for apurpose which Will subsequently appear. The opposite rail 6 has spacedparallel longitudinally extending arms 11 associated therewith, whichare formed by extending portions of the web of the rail directly beneaththe head of the rail, the upper margins of the arms 11 being enlarged asindicated at 12, adapted to snugly engage beneath the head of the rail5, the free ends of the arms 11 engaging with the shoulders 10. Aportion of each side of the web of the rail 6 is cut-out as shown at 13in Fig. 4: with which the arms 8 are engaged, the inner terminals of thecut-out portions as indicated at 13 providing shoulders 14 with whichthe free ends of the arms 8 abut.

In operation, the arms 11 of the rails 6 are slidably engaged with theupper marginal edges of the arms 8 directly beneath the head of the rail5 until the free ends of the arms 11 abut against the shoulders 10. Inthis position, as shown to advantage in Fig. 2, the enlarged uppermargins 12 of the arms 11 lie directly beneath the head of the rail 5 aspreviously pointed out and in the plane with the opposite sides of thelatter so as to eliminate any danger of the wheel flange of the rollingstock which passes over the rail from coming in contact therewith,

even if the wheels were to leave the track. In this position it is seenthat the arms 8 lie directly beneath the arms 11 and are engaged withthe opposite sides of the web on the rail 6, thereby providing a bracefor the arms 11, while the latter provide braces in the same manner forthe arms 8, so as to prevent lateral displacement of the rails evenshould undue pressure be exerted on the sides thereof in rounding sharpcurves.

It is to be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention and that various minor changes in details of construction,proportion and arrangement of parts, may be made within the scope of theappended claim and Without sacrificing any of the advantages of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

A rail joint including a pair of rails one of which has a portion of itsweb directly below the head, extended beyond one end to provide spacedlongitudinally extending parallel arms for engagement in complementarycut-out portions in the endof the opposite rail, said arms having theupper In testimony whereof I afiix my signature margins enlarged iior1fsnug engageminlllt with in presence of two Witnesses.

the head of the rai t e opposite rai avin arms integrally formed withthe base flnngi a HERMIT RYDERi 5 and extending beyond the end of therail Witnesses:

vwhereby one rail braces the other against J. R. CRIsER,

lateral displacement. I C. A. GENN.

